A Study On The Marriage Relationship Of The Hong Family In Poyang In The Southern Song Dynasty

The Poyang Hong of the Southern Song dynasty is a bureaucratic scholar-bureaucrat family represented by HongHao,HongShi,HongZun,HongMai,both father and sons were famous officials,whose political activities spanned the two song dynasties.In addition,their gorgeous literary rhetoric and outstanding family reputation is quite popular with the emperor.In view of the previous research on the Hong family itself,this paper attempts to reorganize the family lineage of the Poyang Hong family according to the existing historical data,focusing on examining marriage relationship between the family and other families.This article first discusses specific questions: what kind of family of Poyang Hong's in-laws?What is the relationship between them? Furthermore,the author tries to understand the factors considered by the family in the Song Dynasty when choosing a marriage,and at the same time pays attention to the role played by women in the family connection in the song dynasty.In the early days of Poyang Hong's family,the record of the marriage was difficult to verify,because of its low rank.Until "Si Hong" successively in the imperial court,the development of the Poyang Hong family to the heyday,so the historical data of "Si Hong" is the most detailed.After sorting it out,it can be seen that during this period,Hong's in-laws were mostly the scholarly or official families,such as Wuxi Shen family,Fangcheng Zhang family,and Huating Zhu family.The change of the in-laws family is in direct proportion to the social status of the Hong family,and is also closely related to the political status of "Si Hong".The change of marriage between families is also very common in other family relations in the song dynasty.The investigation of Hong's in-laws after the "Si Hong" was conducted on HongShi,HongZun and HongMai respectively.Since HongShi was the prime minister,there were relatively more records about the marriage relatives of his descendants,such as the Xu family of Yongjia,the Yang family of Xiangshan,the Wei family of Poyang,and the Zheng family of Fuliang.However,the relatives of HongZun and HongMai's descendants are rarely recorded.The marriage intention of the Poyang Hong family represents the commonality of the scholar-official families in the song dynasty.First of all,the so-called "marriage does not ask the valve read" in the song dynasty,they does not completely ask the family background,but pays attention to the family rank is equal,the marriage of theHong family pays more attention to the members of both sides in the official position and the power of the match.Secondly,with the increasing importance of the imperial examinations in the official system of the Song dynasty,Poyang Hong also paid more attention to the cultural and educational background of the married family when choosing a marriage.Thirdly,generational marriage is also one of the characteristics presented by the Hong family in the choice of marriage.The long-term relationship between the families not only expands their social status and influence,but also builds the family's relationship network in some regions.After "Si Hong",their descendants mostly entered the ranks with grace,and there were not many officials to the sixth generation.However,since the marriage of their children was still managed by the grandparents and fathers of senior officials,The sixth and seventh generation of his in-laws are not only celebrities,but also many new scholar-doctoral families.After the death of the Hong Shi brothers,their family has far surpassed the Hong family.Because of the help of these in-laws,the Hong family maintain its power for a long time.The marriage relationships between families are maintained by women,who are the indispensable role.This article not only pays attention to the women married by Hong,but also examines the role of women married in Hong's family,and the records of words and deeds about women are mostly found in the epitaph.When Hong and his in-laws chose a woman,they paid much attention to women's family education.They often considered the needs of "supporting a husband and raising children",and a good wife and mother can promote the optimization of the family.The Hongshi brothers is in under the teaching of the mother Shen,pushing family to their heyday.Moreover,after marriage,women tend to deal with a variety of interpersonal relationships,good at dealing with can promote communication between the family.